This MBA degree with a specialized program in the GDPA will prepare you to earn professional qualification for either the CPA or the CMA exam. With this MBA and professional designation, you can move into a position of leadership in public accounting, industry and commerce, not-for-profit organizations, or government agencies.

Within the MBA/GDPA, you may focus on public accounting, corporate controllership, or not-for-profit controllership.

The MBA/GDPA degree includes six credits (two courses) beyond the MBA. The specialization occurs in the designation of the electives.

The MBA portion of this specialized degree can be completed on the Boston campus, our North Campus location, and fully online.

MBA/GDPA Program of Study

•  MBA 600  Effective Career Planning

• MBA 610  Organizational Behavior
• MBA 622 Operations and Data Analysis 
• MBA 630  Economic Analysis for Managers 
• MBA 640  Corporate Financial Reporting and Control 
• MBA 650  Value-Based Financial Management 
• MBA 660  Marketing: The Challenge of Managing Value 
• MBA 670  Information Management for Competitive Advantage *if not waived substitute Technology and Financial Information Systems
• MBA 680  Managing in the Ethical and Legal Environment *if not waived, substitute Business Law 

• MBA 780  Managing in the Global Environment

Required Capstone Course -- 3 credits

• MBA 800  Strategic Management 

• ACCT 801 Graduate Financial Accounting I
• ACCT 802 Graduate Financial Accounting II 
• ACCT 804 Cost Information, Decision and Control 
• TAX 801  Issues in Federal Taxation I 
• ACIB 872  Multinational Financial Analysis and Control 

Three (9 credits) electives are additional advanced accounting courses, chosen in collaboration with an advisor.

Two (6 credits) electives must be selected from MBA electives and can not be from Accounting or Tax. They may be selected from  business law and ethics, entrepreneurship, finance and managerial economics, health administration, information systems, international business, marketing, organizational behavior, public administration, and strategic management.

** One of your electives must be from the international business area.